TLC Child and Family Services, home to Journey Academy, is a leading agency which offers a continuum of evidence-based treatment and relationship-focused care to youth and families. Our agency offers five tiers of service; foster care and adoption, residential treatment, special education, comprehensive mental health, and transitional housing. Our team is dedicated to empowering children, young adults, and their support systems with the goal of cultivating resilience, well-being, and prosperity.

Program Summary

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Journey Academy is a 24/7 facility consisting of a Non-Public High School and Residential Treatment Program dedicated to providing education and trauma-informed services to high school aged youth experiencing emotional and academic challenges. We provide a safe, therapeutic environment specializing in a relationship-based approach that embraces each individuals unique strengths. The youth in our Residential Treatment Program live on our campus in a home-like setting, learning and practicing social skills, mood and behavior management, frustration tolerance and interpersonal dynamics with the support of Residential Counselors.

Essential Functions:

• Supervision, protection and care of children individually and in groups at all times, including sleeping hours
• Assistance to each youth in working with a group and in handling individual problems
• Administration of discipline and setting limits for behavior
• Notation of the youths progress, including identification of the possible need for professional services and communication of such findings to professional staff
• *Awake Overnight Counselors are responsible for these duties during sleeping hours

Qualifications

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• BA strongly preferred
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Ability to drive and transport youth, with acceptable driving record and valid California drivers license
• Obtain and maintain fingerprint, government and agency required background clearances, without additional exemptions
• Ability to pass a pre-employment physical exam, TB and drug screen
• Bilingual in Spanish is preferred

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